COVID-19 Oxygen Crisis: Sushmita Sen arranges cylinders for Delhi hospital, seeks netizens' help to transfer from Mumbai

The worsening COVID-19 situation has seen a surge in the demand for medical oxygen and beds for the COVID-19 patients and many states are reporting a shortage in essential medical supplies. 

Availability of oxygen is a key element in the treatment of certain medical conditions in the Covid infection.

And so, at a time when the Delhi hospitals are running out of oxygen, the least doctors and medical staff could do was to make an appeal to the central government and reach out for help. 

On Thursday, in an emotional appeal for oxygen to save patients of the hospital, Sunil Saggar, CEO of Shanti Mukund Hospital in East Delhi’s Karkardooma, broke down in front of the camera as he repeated patients will die stating they had run out of oxygen. 

"We're hardly left with any oxygen. We've requested doctors to discharge patients, whoever can be discharged...It (Oxygen) may last for 2 hrs or something," Saggar was quoted telling ANI. 

As soon as the video came to Bollywood actor and former beauty queen Sushmita Sen's notice, she shared the video and further asked for help. Meanwhile, Sushmita also mentioned that she had managed to arrange a few oxygen cylinders for the hospital but had no way to transport them, and so she asked people to help her find a way. 

"This is deeply heart breaking...oxygen crisis is everywhere. I have managed to organise a few oxygen cylinders for this hospital but have no way to transport it to Delhi from Mumbai...please help me find a way," read Sushmita's tweet. 

This is deeply heart breaking...oxygen crisis is everywhere. I have managed to organise a few oxygen cylinders for this hospital but have no way to transport it to Delhi from Mumbai...please help me find a way https://t.co/p8RWuVQMrO

— sushmita sen (@thesushmitasen) April 22, 2021

A few hours later, Sushmita updated the Twitterati that 'the hospital has organised oxygen for now!!! It gives us more time to send the cylinders!! Thank you all soooooo much for helping create awareness & support!! deeply grateful!!! Stay good hearted…it suits you!!'

The said hospital has oxygen organised for now!!! It gives us more time to send the cylinders!! Thank you all soooooo much for helping create awareness & support!!  deeply grateful!!! Stay good hearted...it suits you!!! https://t.co/sl418pEN4p

— sushmita sen (@thesushmitasen) April 22, 2021

For the unversed, Delhi registered 26,169 new COVID-19 cases and 306 related deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the health bulletin update on Thursday evening. This was the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities the national capital has registered in Delhi in a single day.